paused for a moment and reminded myself that this expe- rience was an inquisitive writer’s dream, as well as history in the making. Before Jan. 1, 2014, marijuana had never been sold legally for recreational use in the United States, and now I was going to be part of it. Te shop itself was a pothead’s paradise. Tere were fridges full of assorted flavors of weed soda. Te shelves were stocked with weed chocolate, weed brownies and weed gummies. Te weed itself came in all sorts of colors, and I couldn’t help but wonder how a flower that Nature intended to be dark green could produce more colors than a box of Lucky Charms. Each Rocky Mountain Remedies employee was taking the time to recommend dosages and specific strains for the customers. “Te Indica will make you feel laid-back and lethargic, while the Sativa will make you laugh and debate for hours whether it’s possible to jump from the moon and land on Earth,” one of them explained. My $50 budget fetched a soda, a brownie and one gram of a light-green marijuana called “Train Wreck.” I pondered whether the guy who names the different mari- juana strains should be fired. My godfather, on the other hand, wanted to utilize the
Pot is available in various doses and strains. Some will make you laid-back and lethargic, while others might give you the energy to debate whether it’s possible to jump from the moon to Earth.
state-allotted quarter-once-per-day limit as creatively as he could. He was literally a kid in a candy store. “I’m going to get two packs of sour gummies, three bars of chocolate, two brownies, one gram of ‘Sour Diesel,’ one gram of ‘Train Wreck’ and one gram of ‘Purple Haze,’ ” he told the cashier.
“Can I get anything else?” he asked the employee with a sheepish grin.
Te day ended with the sharing of a joint between fam- ily members from different generations and different walks of life. As we sat in the hot tub and gazed out at the late afternoon snow falling on the Rocky Mountains, I smiled and wondered if there’s a marriage on the horizon for marijuana and America.
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